title: [Elements for the study of rape].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe some characteristics of rape in Mexico City.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of rape victims who attended a specialized institution between 1990 and 1996. A support psychotherapist applied a semistructured questionnaire on the victims characteristics, the aggressor and the circumstances of the rape.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 531 victims were studied, 85.8% were females, almost half were minors and the median of scholarity was nine years. All aggressors were males, 62% were known to the victim, 86.7% were relatives or near to the family. Aggression occurred at the home of the victim or aggressor in 55.4% of the cases, 49.2% of the cases occurred in 4 of the 16 City districts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the studied population, women were the gender with greatest risk of being raped, except in the 5 to 14 year old group in which boys were in greater risk. Unemployed and underpaid men were the most frequent aggressors. There is a greater risk of being raped by a member of the family, couple or friend than by a stranger, and in the victim's or the aggressor's home more than anywhere else. Findings point to the necessity of establishing preventive programs and providing specialized attention to victims and aggressors.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de la Garza-Aguilar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Díaz-Michel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011902:Rape; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Elementos para el estudio de la violación sexual.